Passage editing worksheet for CBSE class 10

The following paragraph has not been edited. One word has been omitted in each line. Write the omitted word along with the words that come before and after in your answer sheet.

Satyajit Ray was born May 2, 1921.                               a) ……………   ………………   ……………..

He came a distinguished family of writers                  b) ……………   ………………   ……………..

and artists and showed great interest arts                   c) ……………   ………………   ……………..

from a very early age. He directed more 36 films      d) ……………   ………………   ……………..

and documentaries. In addition directing movies     e) ……………   ………………   ……………..

Ray worked a fiction writer, critic and publisher.      f) ……………   ………………   ……………..

He revived children’s magazine, Sandesh.                   g) ……………   ………………   ……………..

The magazine informative and entertaining.               h) ……………   ………………   ……………..

Solution

Satyajit Ray was born May 2, 1921.                                a) born               on        May

He came a distinguished family of writers                    b) came             from    a

and artists and showed great interest arts                     c) interest        in         arts

from a very early age. He directed more 36 films        d) more             than     36

and documentaries. In addition directing movies       e) addition       to         directing

Ray worked a fiction writer, critic and publisher.        f) worked         as         a

He revived children’s magazine, Sandesh                      g) revived        the       children’s

The magazine informative and entertaining.                h) magazine    was      informative